Garry Kasparov
@Kasparov63
VP of @WLCongress. Founder & Chair of @Renew_Democracy. Activist, speaker, 13th World Chess Champion. Autocracy in America podcast: https://shorturl.at/ZkO4I
In my first episode as the host of the 2nd season of Autocracy in America, I speak with last year's host, author @anneapplebaum, about how democracies fall, US resistance, and my experience fighting to stop it from happening in Putin's Russia. theatlantic.com/podcasts/archi…
Listen to those with experience. Both instinctively and by design, Trump and his handlers are following known playbooks for subverting democracy into autocracy.
“After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence.” nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opi…
Russia is attacking Odesa with drones. There are fires in the city, including on the famous Privoz market.
Of course it did. Anyone who has flown combat missions knows that these are some of the most closely held secrets we have because their exposure can put pilots at risk. Hegseth hasn't been honest with the American people and he needs to resign or the president needs to fire…
SCOOP: The Pentagon’s inspector general has received evidence that messages from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal account previewing a U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen derived from a classified email labeled “SECRET/NOFORN,” people familiar with the matter said.
"The fact is, Russia meddled in our 2016 elections. That is the unambiguous judgment of our intelligence community. And as the president said, we accept the intelligence community's conclusion." — VP Mike Pence, July 2018
New Yorkers will be able to use many Soviet jokes. Like when the furious guy leaves the long bread line to go shoot Brezhnev but comes back because the line to do that is even longer.
For all the Zohran fans, let’s check in on how the city-funded grocery store experiment is going in Kansas City… Maybe capitalism isn’t the boogeyman you think it is.
Leavitt accuses the IC of “concocting this narrative... that the president’s son was holding secret meetings with the Russians. All of these lies." Reminder: Don Jr. was offered a meeting as "part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump." He wrote back: "I love it"
Oh.
Donald Trump, July 2018: "I accept our intelligence community's conclusion that Russia's meddling in the 2016 election took place."
Not in the Black Sea, however! 😂🔱🆘🛟
🛳️❗️Russia Launches Massive Naval Drills Across Four Seas, - Reuters Russia kicked off its "July Storm" military exercise on Wednesday, involving over 150 warships and 15,000 personnel across the Pacific, Arctic, Baltic, and Caspian seas. Running from July 23–27, the drills…
Loyalty over competence has consequences.
Former FBI agent says Trump loyalists like Kash Patel and Dan Bongino aren’t just reshuffling desks. They’re sidelining counterintel pros, crippling investigations, and making it easier for terrorists and spies to slip through. #FBI #NationalSecurity theatlantic.com/podcasts/archi…
😂 And it's the least deranged thing he's said in days! The 25th Amendment is sounding better than 25% tariffs.
This demented buffoon said he made a trade deal with President Ferdinand Marcos. Only problem is Marcos has been dead since 1989! 😂 What an embarrassment! #DementiaDon
It’s genuinely hilarious, and sort of perfectly fitting, that MAHA neuroticism about food chemicals combined with Trumpist love of trash food is cashing out in dietary wins like “now your 3,000 calorie Bloomin Onion is made with beef tallow!” and “Apple Jacks still have enough…
Froot Loops is finally following its nose — toward common sense. Thanks to the many parents who spoke out and pressured @KelloggsUS to remove harmful food dyes from its products. I urge more companies to step up and join the movement to Make America Healthy Again.
MTG, who moans every single day about American foreign meddling, is openly calling for a coup of the Ukrainian government.
Huge protests erupt in Kyiv against Ukrainian President Zelensky as he is a dictator and refuses to make a peace deal and end the war. Good for the Ukrainian people! Throw him out of office! And America must STOP funding and sending weapons!!!
Except in Moscow.
BREAKING: CNN Senior Data Analyst Harry Enten just exposed that Donald Trump’s approval rating is now at an all time low. This is amazing.
"Coverups are difficult in free societies. They are routine for authoritarian governments. The Epstein coverup will be an indicator of how far we are down the road to authoritarianism. The success of the coverup would take us much further down that road." thebulwark.com/p/why-the-epst…
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Ukraine will not receive the Patriot air defense systems promised by Trump until at least the spring of 2026 (!) — meaning a wait of at least another 8 months, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing Spiegel.
In this week's reader comment roundup, @Kasparov63 responds to the haters on the tough questions: - Is there an innocent explanation for Colbert's firing? - Why is it wrong for Trump to muse about arresting Obama when Trump himself was arrested? Link below. 👇
It doesn’t make me feel better at all to know that however bad the Epstein files are for Trump, whatever Putin has on him is even worse.
"Trump is making war against the federal government. That’s what an authoritarian attempt is. He has discovered if he threatens to destroy an institution, responsible people will surrender it to him in the hopes of saving it. That’s the surrender trap." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark…
Barry Goldwater wasn’t wrong in 1964. He was almost prophetic in his observations. 🎥 TikTok - vm.tiktok.com/ZNdu83kRR/